ML19224A473

VY Report on Status of Dtf RAI Letter

ML19224A473
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Site:	Vermont Yankee  File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	08/26/2019
From:	Jack Parrott Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To:	Daniels C NorthStar Vermont Yankee, Vermont Yankee
Parrott J
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EPID L-2019-LSO-0029
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August 26, 2019 Corey R. Daniels, ISFSI Manager NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Rd Vernon, VT 05354

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING AND SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT FUND FOR THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (EPID No. L-2019-LSO-0029)

Dear Mr. Daniels:

By letters dated March 28,2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession Nos. ML19087A318 and ML19087A276), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(ENOI) submitted annual reports on the status of decommissioning funding and funding for managing irradiated fuel for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the subject submittal from ENOI and determined that additional information is needed from NorthStar VY and NorthStar NDC, as described in the enclosed Request for Additional Information.

Specifically, NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC (NorthStar VY) and NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC (NorthStar NDC), the current licensed owner and operator of VY, respectively, did not submit the annual decommissioning financial assurance report or spent fuel management report for VY, as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.82(a)(8)(v) - (vii). Additionally, the reports submitted by ENOI did not reflect costs and funding associated with the NorthStar accelerated decommissioning plan and schedule as approved by the NRC in its October 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18242A638) approval of the VY license transfer.

The NRCs request for additional information is enclosed. Please provide this information within 30 days of the date of this letter or provide a plan for when this information can be provided.

C. Daniels 2 In accordance with 10 Code of Federal Regulation (10 CFR) 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Please contact me at (301) 415-6634 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

//RA//

Jack D. Parrott, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-271 and 72-59 License Nos.: DPR-28

Enclosure:

NRC Request for Additional Information cc: VY ListServ

C. Daniels 3

SUBJECT:

INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING AND SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT FUND FOR THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (EPID No. L-2019-LSO-0029 DATE: August 26, 2019 DISTRIBUTION J. Trapp, RI A. Dimitriatis, RI N. Sheehan, RI F. Miller, NRR J. Weil, OCA D. McIntyre, OPA RidsRgn1MailCenter Resource PUBLIC ADAMS Package Accession No:19224A470 *via email OFFICE DUWP DUWP DUWP NAME J. Parrott B. Watson* J. Parrott DATE 08/22/2019 8/22/2019 8/26/2019 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY